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President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias has stressed
that direct negotiations between himself and Turkish Cypriot leader
Mehmet Ali Talat on the Cyprus issue, will continue.

In statements Tuesday after the conclusion of the 27th meeting between
the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus, President Christofias
said that the two leaders are determined to continue negotiations and
solve the Cyprus problem.

President Christofias and Talat have been engaged in direct
negotiations since September 2008 with an aim to reunite the island,
divided since the Turkish invasion of 1974.

We are determined to continue the process of talks because we aim at
solving the problem, he stressed.

During Tuesdays meeting, the two leaders discussed, in the presence of
their aides and UNSGs Special Representative to Cyprus, Taye Brook
Zerihoun, the course of the direct negotiations and what is further
needed to be done, the Cypriot President said. He added that the two
leaders decided to continue negotiations and intensify them even more,
by more frequent meetings between their aides, George Iacovou and Ozdil
Nami.

President Christofias told reporters that discussion on the property
issue would continue, adding that the Greek Cypriot side will defend
its positions, which are reaffirmed by the European Court of Justice
during its recent decision on the Apostolides vs Orams case.

The ECJs ruling of 28th of April 2009 paves the way for Cypriot
displaced people to defend in an effective manner their property rights
against the usurpers of their properties in Turkish occupied Cyprus,
before Cypriot and other European courts.

Asked whether the Courts decision was among the issues discussed during
talks, President Christofias said that they discussed the issue, noting
that he reiterated at the negotiating table his positions on the
matter.

He pointed out that the Courts decision confirms the pertinence of the
Greek Cypriot sides positions regarding the property issue.

Replying to questions, the Cypriot President said that Talat did not
talk about the possibility of abandoning the talks process in case the
British justice implements the European Courts ruling.

The Cypriot President was also asked whether the two leaders discussed
statements by Turkish Cypriot National Unity Partys leader Dervis
Eroglu, winner of the illegal elections in the Turkish occupied areas
of Cyprus last month, who said that the Turkish Cypriot side should
abandon the negotiating table.

President Christofias recalled that his interlocutor at the Cyprus
talks is the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, which is Mehmet
Ali Talat and not Eroglou.

Cyprus, which joined the EU in 2004, has been divided since 1974, when
Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third.

The European Court of Justice ruled April 28th, that a judgment of a
Court in the Republic of Cyprus must be recognized and enforced by the
other EU member states even if it concerns land situated in the Turkish
occupied areas of Cyprus.

The Courts ruling refers to the Apostolides vs Orams case and came
after a dispute has arisen before the Court of Appeal of England and
Wales, which has requested a preliminary ruling from the Court of
Justice, between Greek Cypriot refugee Meletis Apostolides, and British
couple David and Linda Orams, in relation to the recognition and
enforcement of a judgment of the District Court of Nicosia.

The court in the government controlled southern areas of Cyprus had
delivered a judgment ordering the Orams couple to vacate an area of
land in the Turkish occupied north and to pay various monetary
amounts.

The British couple had purchased the land from a third party and built
a holiday house on it. According to the findings of the court in
Cyprus, however, the rightful owner of the land is in fact Apostolides,
whose family was forced to leave the north as a result of the Turkish
invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and the occupation of the islands northern
third.

The leaders of the two communities in Cyprus, namely President of the
Republic Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali
Talat, have decided to intensify their efforts in the framework of
direct talks to solve the Cyprus problem.

The UN Secretary General`s Special Representative in Cyprus Taye Brook
Zerihoun said after Tuesday`s meeting, the 27th between President
Christofias and Talat, that ``the leaders met for just over two hours
in the company of their representatives.``

President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias leaves for
Qatar Tuesday afternoon for an official visit, heading a multi-member
delegation.

Accompanied by First Lady Elsi Christofia, the President will be
chairing a delegation which includes Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou,
Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis, Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Minister Antonis Pashalides, Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou
and government officials for a series of contacts in Doha with the
Qatar leadership.

During his visit, President Christofias will meet the Emir of the state
of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim
Bin Jabr Al-Thani Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Qatar.

Chairman of the European Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of
Bulgaria, Mladen Petrov Tcherveniakov, has expressed his countrys full
support to the solution of the Cyprus problem.

Tcherveniakov, who is heading a delegation, made the statement during a
meeting with Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou.

An official statement said that Kyprianou briefed the Chairman and the
Members of the Committee on the latest developments on the Cyprus
issue.

Mr. Tcherveniakov expressed Bulgarias full support to the solution of
the Cyprus problem on the basis of the UN resolutions and on the basis
of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation, with a single citizenship, a
single sovereignty and a single international identity, without
arbitrations, it added.